“The Shining Houses” is the decision of a mom who is friends with the neighborhood senior. Mary, is a friend with an elderly woman, Mrs. Fullerton, who lives on her street. Mary is confused by this friend because everyone else on the street talks about kicking poor Mrs. Fullerton from the neighborhood. Mary eventually has to decide what to do about Mrs. Fullerton and the other neighbors on the block. Before they ask her to sign a petition, she tries to leave this get to gether where the parents are signing the petition. After the decision is forced upon her, Mary tells everyone that she is not going to sign the petition . Her parents tried to froced her to sign, Mary refused and she lefted the party.

I think any person can connect with this story. Because everyone has experinced the feeling of perpressure from friends,family,and strangers. I think the conflit in this in this story is man vs man, and man vs himself. For man vs man in this story its mary vs basically everyone living on marys street. and for man vs himself. When mary felt peresurred to sign the petition she could have said yes just so her parents would stop trying to force her to sign it up. But instead she battle with her self and she knew what was write from wrong and she didnt sign the petition.